Using the results from comprehensive medical examinations, this volume explores the prevalence of disease among former prisoners of war of World War II and the Korean conflict and the relationship between that prevalence and their decades-earlier treatment while in captivity.
By William Frank Page for the Medical Follow-up Agency, Institute of Medicine
Innehållsförteckning
1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Background; 4 2 Data Collection Procedures; 5 3 Final Status of Data Collection; 6 4 General Results; 7 5 Examination of Basic Research Questions; 8 6 Further Analyses of Examination Data; 9 7 Review of Data Quality and Study Findings; 10 8 Literature Review and Further Discussion of Findings; 11 9 Future Work; 12 Appendix A: VA Circulars; 13 Appendix B: List of Site Visits to VA Medical Facilities, with Map; 14 Appendix C: Detailed Diagnostic Data from the Medical Examination
and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders, Clare Stroud, Sheena Posey Norris, Lisa Bain
National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences, Policy and Global Affairs, Institute of Medicine, and Public Policy Committee on Science, Engineering, Panel on Scientific Communication and National Security
Institute of Medicine, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Division of Health Sciences Policy, Committee for Evaluating Medical Technologies in Clinical Use
Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-up Agency, Committee to Study the Mortality of Military Personnel Present at Atmospheric Tests of Nuclear Weapons, Heather O'Maonaigh, Harriet Crawford, William F. Page, Susan Thaul
Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-up Agency, Committee on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Associated with Military Service from World War II to the Present, Jane S. Durch, Lois M. Joellenbeck, Larry E. Humes
National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Board on Life Sciences, Medical Follow-up Agency, and Acquisition of Medical Countermeasures Against Biological Warfare Agents Committee on Accelerating the Research, Development, Leslie Z. Benet, Jane S. Durch, Lois M. Joellenbeck
Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-up Agency, Committee on a Strategy for Minimizing the Impact of Naturally Occurring Infectious Diseases of Military Importance: Vaccine Issues in the U.S. Military, Heather C. O'Maonaigh, Salem Fisseha, Susan Thaul, Stanley M. Lemon
Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-up Agency, Committee to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of the Anthrax Vaccine, Brian L. Strom, Jane S. Durch, Lee L. Zwanziger, Lois M. Joellenbeck
Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-up Agency, Committee on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies: Assessment of Relevant Science, Laura Sivitz, Rick Erdtmann
Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-up Agency, Committee on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies: Assessment of Relevant Science, Laura B. Sivitz, Rick Erdtmann